EMPANADAS

makes about 24

1 medium chopped onion
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 pound ground beef
1/4 cup raisins
1 teaspoon tomato paste
1 hard boiled egg
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
1 pound puff pastry dough

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Saute the onion and garlic in butter. Do not brown. Stir in the ground chuck. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes. Add the tomato paste, chopped hard boiling egg, chili powder, flour, salt and pepper. Cook mixture until is dry. Cool mixture. Roll out the puff pastry to a thickness of 1/4 inch.
Using a 3-inch round cutter, cut out circles of dough. Spoon 1 heaping teaspoonful of the cold meat mixture on one side of the dough circles. Brush the edges of dough with beaten egg.
Fold dough over the filling. Seal edges well. Brush with egg. Bake for about 15 minutes or until brown, or freeze uncooked turnovers.